Re: [exim] stupid ACL named list question using match

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Chad Leigh
CC: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] stupid ACL named list question using match
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:

> check_helo:
>    accept hosts = 166.70.252.0/24 : webmail.shire.net : lists.shire.net
>    deny message  = Go away, impostor!
>          condition = ${if match{${lc:$sender_helo_name}}{shire.net} 
> {true}{false}}
>    accept hosts = *

>
>
> I got this from some samples that I munged together.


You have overlooked the fact that that will also match shirelnet,
shireOnet, etc., and also not necessarily at the start or end of the
name. So something like wiltshiresnet.com would match.

> If I do
>
>    domainlist    local domains = shire.net : objectwerks.com

>
> for example
> and do
>
>    deny message  = Go away, impostor!
>          condition = ${if match{${lc:$sender_helo_name}} 
> {+local_domains}{true}{false}}

>
> I get an error


Well yes, because +local_domains is not a valid regular expression.
You need match_domain, not match, to match a list of domains. There's an
example in the manual.

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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